Mackenzie is the Global Startup Evangelist at AWS. His days are spent traveling the globe to meet startups, share their stories, and connect engineering teams together. Every day there are a large number of startups launching on AWS across every imaginable industry. It’s Mackenzie’s mission to find stories of startups that are helping to improve the world and share these stories with a wide audience.
Mackenzie is the Global Startup Evangelist at AWS. His days are spent traveling the globe to meet startups, share their stories, and connect engineering teams together. Every day there are a large number of startups launching on AWS across every imaginable industry. It’s Mackenzie’s mission to find stories of startups that are helping to improve the world and share these stories with a wide audience.
Agentic AI in life sciences. From strategy to production.
The AWS Life Sciences Symposium comes to Europe — one day in Zurich. Leaders from Roche, AstraZeneca, Sanofi, Bayer, Novartis, NVIDIA, OpenAI, ZS, BCG, and more sharing what's working across agentic AI in research, clinical trials, commercial operations, and enterprise IT. All focused on building for production from Day 1.
Why Attend
- What's working — leaders from the industry's most advanced organisations sharing production deployments, not roadmaps
- Five curated tracks — Research, Clinical Trials, Commercial & Medical Insights, Technical Building, Enterprise IT
- Hands-on building — architecture to working prototype in one session
- Strategic networking with peers, AWS experts, and biopharma innovators shaping what's next
Who Should Attend
- Business leaders driving AI transformation across research, clinical development, and commercial operations
- Technology leaders re-architecting infrastructure and operationalizing agentic AI at enterprise scale
- Technical builders — engineers, architects, and data scientists — ready to ship, not strategise
TRACK 1: RESEARCH
Introduction: Enabling an AI-ready research organisation | 11:20 AM - 11:25 AM
Daniel Hickmore, EMEA R&D Leader, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AWS
How Sanofi built the semantic foundations for AI-ready R&D workflows | 11:25 AM - 11:55 AMÂ
Sabya Dasgupta, VP, Global Head R&D Data & Platforms, Sanofi
Lab-in-the-Loop AI Drug Discovery: De novo antibody design and benchmarking with Amazon Bio Discovery | 11:55 AM - 12:20 PMÂ
John Ellithorpe, Director, Life Sciences AI Products, AWS
Necibe Ahat, Sr. AI/ML Solutions Architect, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AWS
Change management in the age of AIÂ | 1:20 PM - 1:45 PMÂ
Dr. Arick Huensche, Global Head & VP Diagnostics R&D, Roche
Panel: What's next for research in the age of data & AI | 1:45 PM - 2:20 PM
Robin Roehm, Co-Founder and CEO, Apheris
Daniel Perrin, Head CP R&D IT, Syngenta
Rick Schneider, Co-Founder and CEO, Helical
Sabya Dasgupta, VP, Global Head R&D Data & Platforms, Sanofi
Dave Thornton, President, Genomics
Moderators:Â Dr. Arick Huensche, Global Head & VP Diagnostics R&D, Roche
Dr. Mathias Ganter, Global Account Manager, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AWS
TRACK 2: CLINICAL TRIALS
Opening & vision setting | 11:20 AM - 11:25 AMÂ
Mateusz Skowron, EMEA Clinical Trials Leader, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AWS
Reimagining clinical development planning with agentic AIÂ | 11:25 AM - 11:50 AM
Arnon Horev, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy & Operations Officer, QuantHealth
Agentic workflows revolutionizing clinical trials' statistical programming | 11:50 AM - 12:15 PM
Dr. Christoph Berns, Director for Applied AI Innovation, Bayer
Summary | 12:15 PM - 12:20 PM
Sarper Guerel, Principal Solutions Architect, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AWS
Leveraging real-world data and AI for scalable evidence generation | 1:20 PM - 1:50 PM
Ioannis Liabotis, RWD & Secondary Use, Data Engineering Lead, Roche
Panel: The agentic trial: When planning, execution, and evidence become one system | 1:50 PM - 2:20 PM
Arnon Horev, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy & Operations Officer, QuantHealth
Dr. Christoph Berns, Director for Applied AI Innovation, Bayer
Ioannis Liabotis, RWD & Secondary Use, Data Engineering Lead, Roche
Sotirios Perdikeas, Head Health Data Insights & Design, Novartis
Moderator:Â Mateusz Skowron, EMEA Clinical Trials Leader, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AWS
TRACK 3: COMMERCIAL & MEDICAL INSIGHTS
AI disruption of commercial and medical in life sciences: Hype vs reality | 11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
Oksana Avdeeva, Life Sciences Strategy & Solutions Leader, AWS
The AI-augmented sales rep: Redefining salesforce excellence with AI | 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Ravi Gopalakrishnan, VP, Data Science, AI, & Advanced Analytics, AstraZeneca
From AI idea to business momentum: Using AI to transform pharma event management | 11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Mayco Leuker, Senior Product Specialist, Bayer
Agentic patient insights: Creating real-world brand value, from real-world patient experiences | 12:10 PM - 12:20 PM
Janik Jaskolski, CEO, Semalytix
AI-powered HCP targeting & insights: Reinventing pharma engagement in the cloud | 1:20 PM - 1:30 PM
Sebastian Stremming, Co-Founder and CTO, Exaris Solutions
Future of patient engagement with Amazon Connect | 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Dennis Lauth, Life Sciences Strategy & Solutions Leader, AWS
Simon Leyland, Co-Founder & CEO, CloudInteract
Panel | Agentic AI in commercial pharma: Where's the ROI? | 1:50 PM - 2:20 PM
David Schneider, Partner, AI Advisory Practice Leader, ZS
Janik Jaskolski, CEO, Semalytix
Dr. Helena Gens, Global Medical Affairs Physician, Reproductive Health, Bayer
Moderator: Oksana Avdeeva, Life Sciences Strategy & Solutions Leader, AWS
TRACK 4: TECHNICAL BUILDINGÂ (Please bring your laptops to participate)
Democratizing access to developer resources at scale | 11:20 AM - 11:35 AM
Mo Bomfim, Senior Solutions Architect, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AWS
Hands-on workshop: Building intelligent sales briefings with healthcare data on AWS - Part 1/2 | 11:35 AM - 12:20 PM
Hands-on workshop: Building intelligent sales briefings with healthcare data on AWS - Part 2/2 | 1:20 PM - 2:20 PMÂ
TRACK 5: ENTERPRISE IT
Strategic Agentic AI transformation: Orchestrating complex life sciences environments for measurable impact | 11:20 AM - 11:50 AM
Robert Bradley, Principal Solutions Architect, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AWS
Chris Scott, Senior Manager, Solutions Architect, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AWS
Applying AI at scale – How Roche creates an environment for transformative value generation through AI | 11:50 AM - 12:10 PMÂ
Deepak Sondur, Global Head of Applied AI, Roche
Group discussion | 12:10 PM - 12:20 PMÂ
The Agentic AI revolution: Redefining developer and DevOps roles | 1:20 PM - 1:40 PM
Robert Bradley, Principal Solutions Architect, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AWS
Chris Scott, Senior Manager, Solutions Architect, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AWS
Experiences applying AI‑assisted development in healthcare | 1:40 PM - 2:00 PM
Sean O'Dell, Senior Director, Centre for Genomics Research, AstraZeneca
Building the AI-native SDLCÂ | 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Marcus Werlang, EMEA CSM, Ona
Panel |Â Pharma 2030: Rewiring the Industry for the Agentic Era
Jonas Béal, Head of Product, Owkin
Dr. Matthias Gehder, Partner and Director, Digital Health, BCG
Laura Oprea, Data Strategy Lead - Oncology, Roche
Audrey Kauffmann, Head of Data Science, AI, & Biometrics - R&D, Pierre Fabre Pharma
Moderator: Christina Pluta, Sales Leader, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AWS
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Panel | How technology is shaping the life sciences industry
Constantin Landers, Head of Business Development, Healthcare & Life Sciences, NVIDIA
Konstantin Hemker, Scientific Lead, Life Sciences, OpenAI
Javier Nunez-Vicandi, Principal – Digital Medicine Strategy, Sofinnova Partners
Moderator: Dr. Boris Bogdan, Director, Life Sciences, AWS
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Closing remarks
Dr. Boris Bogdan, Director, Life Sciences, AWS
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